Konrad Schön

Konrad Schön (born May 7, 1930 in Mannheim ) is a German university professor and politician ( CDU ).

Life and work

After graduation Fine took a degree in law and philosophy at the universities of Freiburg , Paris and Heidelberg on which he awarded the degree of Dr. phil. ended under Karl Löwith . From 1954 to 1957 he worked as an assistant manager at Dresdner Bank , then took up a position as a director of studies at the Europa-Haus Marienberg and was director of studies at the European Academy in Otzenhausen in 1960/61 . Since 1961 he has been teaching as a lecturer at the Catholic Peter Wust University in Saarbrücken, one of the two denominational universities of education in Saarland. After merging with the Protestant Comenius University in December 1969 to form the Saarland University of Education, he was given a chair for political science and didactics of political education. After the dissolution of the University of Education in 1978, Schön moved to the Saarland University , where he devoted himself to his subject with an additional focus on European politics. Together with Jürgen Domes , he represented political science in the law and economics faculty.

Political party

Schön has been a member of the CDU since 1949.

MP

Schön belonged to the Saarland state parliament from 1970 to 1975 and was chairman of the CDU parliamentary group there from 1973/74. From 1979 to 1989 he was a member of the European Parliament .

Public offices

On January 23, 1974, Schön was appointed Minister of Finance to succeed Alfred Wilhelm in the Saarland government led by Prime Minister Franz-Josef Röder . After the formation of a coalition of CDU and FDP , he left the government on March 1, 1977 and was replaced in his ministerial office by Ferdi Behles . He then acted as the regional government's representative for European issues.

Honors

• October 31, 2016: Saarland Order of Merit
• 1975: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
• Grande Médaille en Vermeil d'Or de la Ville de Paris
• Appointment as Commandeur de l´Ordre Grand-Ducal de la Couronne de Chène

Publications

• Europe - departure from the crisis. 1959.
• The concept of political education. 1964.
• The practice of teaching in political education. 1967.
• Constitution and Education. 1968.
• Basics of political judgment. 1969.

Web links

• Entry on Konrad Schön in the Members' database of the European Parliament
• European Policy in Theory and Practice - Prof. Dr. Konrad Schön is 80 years old. In: idw-online.de. Informationsdienst Wissenschaft eV, April 28, 2010, accessed on June 25, 2017 . 

See also

• Cabinet Röder V

Individual evidence

1. ^ Horst Schiffler: Elementary school teacher training in Saarland after 1945. In: www.schulmuseum-ottweiler.net. Saarland School Museum Ottweiler, accessed on June 25, 2017 . 
2. ^ Announcement of awards of the Saarland Order of Merit . In: Head of the State (ed.): Official Journal of the Saarland Part I . No. 4 . Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH, Saarbrücken February 2, 2017, p. 120 ( saarland.de [accessed June 25, 2017]).
3. ↑ ^{a b c} European politics in theory and practice - Prof. Dr. Konrad Schön is 80 years old. In: idw-online.de. Informationsdienst Wissenschaft eV, April 28, 2010, accessed on June 25, 2017 .